By Aaron Shafovaloff
Updated October 17, 2024

Official doctrine

Emeritus BYU Dean of Religious Education Robert Millet concedes:

“I think most Latter-day Saints would be prone to answer this by pointing out the value and significance of living oracles, or continuing revelation, or ongoing divine direction through modern apostles and prophets, and thus to conclude that living prophets take precedence over canonized scripture” (Claiming Christ, p. 31).

Millet goes on to disagree with this common view, but he concedes it is the default view nonetheless.

Jacob Hanson posits a “Collective Witness” model. Others approximate more the Fourteen Fundamentals view. Others opt for a canon-centric minimalist approach.

I’d concur with Millet that Jeremiah describes the general default view, but not the unanimous view. LDS apologists tend to have a lower view of prophetic reliability than most members.

The Bible

Divine ancestry

Divine knowledge

Intelligences

Children of God

Forthcoming

• Progression between kingdoms
• Divine timelessness
• Eternal law
• Telestial kingdom
• Elohim and Jehovah
• Divine foreknowledge